Judy Dykstra-Brown said she never saw any new movies on television when she was a kid because she lived in the middle of nowhere. I got to thinking about that. I don’t think any of us saw anything “new” or… Read More ›
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OOPS! ABOUT OUR 4-DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND
When I was counting my medication, I forgot that everything would be closed from Wednesday afternoon through Sunday. We don’t have a lot of 4-day holidays here. They are usually three days at most. Thanksgiving is different. It is always… Read More ›
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE TOOL? – Marilyn Armstrong
Blogging Insights # 36 — Devices And the question is: You could probably take an educated guess from the picture containing the question, but in case you aren’t sure, it’s a laptop. It’s a hunky laptop with 16-gigs of memory… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND IT’S ALREADY JULY! – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 7-8-2020 Questions: In your opinion, what’s the closest thing to real magic? Software. I know how it is written. I have written some myself. Nothing fancy, but enough to get a grip on how it is done…. Read More ›
THE BIGGEST GLITCH – Marilyn Armstrong
Little things defeat me. An electrical blip — so brief as to go otherwise unnoticed — knocked out the time and date on the clocks and telephones in my house. It was so brief I didn’t realize it had happened until… Read More ›
“BAD” IS THE NEW “GOOD” IN TECH SUPPORT – Marilyn Armstrong
Bad customer and technical support is the new good. You only think it’s bad. The problem is your attitude. Or so they’d have you think. YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE All the big technology companies are working hard… Read More ›
WHAT COMPUTER TO BUY IF YOU DON’T HAVE MONEY? Marilyn Armstrong
My granddaughter is in college. Twice. She’s studying to be a beautician AND a psychologist (online). She’s a bit busy which is fine because it keeps her away from men. She has really terrible taste in men. But at her… Read More ›
IT’S THE LITTLE STUFF THAT GETS ME – Marilyn Armstrong
EVEN WORDPRESS CAN’T BE THAT BAD, CAN THEY? I definitely have a few bones to pick and I’m going to start picking right now. You see, I have these questions. Important questions. And there are, as far as I can… Read More ›
HACKING, OPERATING SYSTEMS, AND THE END OF THE WORLD – TOM CURLEY
I watch a lot of television. Probably too much. I’m fond of action shows. I’m really fond of all the various comic book shows. The single thing these shows have in common is they all have at least one computer genius…. Read More ›
NO SPENDTHRIFTING THIS YEAR – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Spendthrift There was a time when “spendthrift” meant spending too much money for something that wasn’t necessary. This was when we were both working and earning good salaries. Summer vacations were when we really spent money. Great… Read More ›
SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS – Marilyn Armstrong
When Garry came into the bedroom, I was staring at the radio. Garry takes his hearing aids off at night, so we have bedtime conversations at high volume. Shouting, really. “Why are you staring at the radio?” “I’m trying to… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD THIS WEEK – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 10-8-18 The Questions This Week: Do you prefer Apple (‘I’ products) or Android for your technology ‘fix’? I work primarily on a PC. I like the organization and I also appreciate the huge amounts of functional software I… Read More ›
